St. Paul daily globe., 1887-06-07
Twelve Hundred st. Paul
, !, Carpenters Strike. r.
The Hammer and Saw
>, Are Not Heard.
The Strikers Inlplore the
\ Men to Quit Work.
The Police Report No
Signs of Disorder.

in this city, about / 800 have packed up
their tools and struck for nine hours
work for full days ten hOurs) pay. OF
these strikers about 1000 are union men
and the remainder are nOn-unien men,
or ''Scabs," as they are called. Yet the
move is peaceful, for so far not suspi-
cion of violence, or anything akin to it,
has been indicated, and the police have
come Oh and gone off their usual re-
llefS the same as at any other
time. Tim Reardon called upon Capt
Bresette little after & p. IN. yesterday
for detail of four policemen, to guard
his men at HOugh's building at Central
park. Mr.. ReardOn drove to the city
hall in light wagon, and upon enter
ing the station his first remark was: 81
want a detail of police to guard me-"
AS he said it with rather sarcastic
smile playing about his features, Capt.
Bresette and Lieut. Murphy looked at
him incredulously. Then he said that
yesterday about noon about twelve
men, headed by johnson, for
visited his men, and were inducing
threats. Mr.. Reardon also said that
they had taken away two men from
working upon the Central NJ. E. church
building, ''but that don't matter much,
as they can postpone their praying" he
added. He informed a reporter that he
discharged his foreman, John Marten-
Spn, who had worked for him since he
left Sweden until last Saturday, because
he was union man, but was always
talking against the union, and repeat
edly said he would leave it. Il dis
charged him because he did not live up
to the uniOn," explained Mr.. Reardon,
''fOr it | was union man l would do
what the union wanted. don't blame
the union. If l was union man |
would strike myself
Asked what steps the Contractors
and builders association was about to
take, he said Il meeting would be held at
headquarters at the Ryan this afternoon
at 4 p. m. ''The way we feel about it,"
said he, sis that we will all go out on a
strike, too
THE MEETING YESTERDAY.
Pursuant to the order of the striking
committee of six, meeting was held
all day yesterday of all union and nom
of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners No. 81, at the corner of third
and Exchange streets. The president,
James Mcclure, was not there,
he being at work for nine
hours. There were present members of
Union No. 157 (German), and Union No.
212 (Scandinavian). Committees were
appointed for different sections of the
city to go to the men working upon
different jobs and induce them to quit
work. The committees went out and
secured the city, one committee going to
North st. Paul at 9:30 and others going to
the stock yards, South st. Paul, Merriam
Park, Hamline, Dayton's bluff, East
Seventh street, st. Anthony hill and
Summit avenue, University and Como
avenues, jackson street, Rice and st.
Peter streets, Mississippi street and
DaytOn's bluff. There was considerable
stir i'll the meeting, but everything
was done in very systematic
manner. In addition to the other COM
mittees one was appointed to Scour the
central part of the city. All were vol
unteer committees, the men cheerfully
signifying their intention to serve
wherever they were wanted to go.
In the afternoon the committees re-
ported, and the reports showed that
they had met with considerable success
in converting nOn-uniOn men to the 1st
of June nine-hour order. The nine
hour rule was decided for by motion
in last years national convention, but
the question of when it should go into
operation was left optional with the
local unions